Mineral County News

Taxable sales in Nevada plunged 24.1-percent in August, marking that 10th straight month of double-digit declines, the Nevada Department of Taxation reported Wednesday.

Today's economy continues to challenge the survival of many local businesses. A partnership of Northern Nevada organizations and Churchill Economic Development Authority will conduct a Moving Business Forward Seminar on Saturday.

Canyon Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed the final tranche of its $1.25 million foreign private placement offering by issuing 1,375,000 shares of common stock at a price of $0.04 per share for total proceeds of $55,000. The issuance was completed under the provisions of Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933 .

The 45-day comment period for the draft EIS regarding a new Travel Management Plan for the U.S. Forest Service's Bridgeport Ranger District ends on Sept.

A man law enforcement says is wanted for alleged crimes in two states and that has appeared on a nationally syndicated television crime show was arrested in a rural Western Nevada town.

Today's economy continues to challenge the survival of many local businesses. A partnership of Northern Nevada organizations and Churchill Economic Development Authority will conduct a "Moving Business Forward" seminar on Aug.

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's taxable sales continued their downward slide in May, for the first time dipping below the Economic Forum projections used to finalize the state budget.

An auction of 323,222 acres of public land by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for geothermal leases, including parcels in Nye and Esmeralda counties, raised $8.9 million.

A presentation to the Lyon County Board of Commissioners from U.S. Forest Service officials regarding a Secure Rural Schools Resource Advisory Committee, a requirement of receiving more money under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Preservation Act 2008 reauthorization, resulted in disgruntlement into how the committee was made up.

Citizens of Nevada: Walker Lake is owned by the State of Nevada. At this time, all American citizens can enjoy it for free.

RENO - For the second straight day, a fallen Mineral County sheriff's sergeant has been honored.

John Willson said no one ever enjoyed being a police officer more than his late father, Richard, and when he died on the job in 1994, he was doing what he'd always dreamed of doing.

Fighting dust devils and lunch-time traffic Wednesday, officers with the Carson City Sheriff's Department covered the final 18 miles of the Nevada Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Run.

The 10th Annual Nevada Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial Run will be passing through Douglas County on Wednesday in preparation for Thursday's Nevada Law Enforcement Officer's Memorial noon ceremony.

Two drivers died in a head-on collision in Mineral County near Hawthorne early Thursday morning.

Public safety personnel are investigating a two-vehicle head-on collision that claimed the lives of both drivers Thursday morning on U.S. Highway 95 in Mineral County.

Appointment of New Director Canyon Copper Corp. announced today that, effective April 15, 2009, James Yates was appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.

In 1861, the original Washoe County seat was in Washoe City at the north end of Washoe Lake.

Economic development officials in Nevada say the process to select an operator for the Hawthorne Army Depot could open the door for Northern Nevada businesses to win subcontracting business.

The bill that was introduced seeking to create a 10th Judicial District, leaving only Lyon County in the Third Judicial District, has died in the Nevada Legislature.